The Shadow as a Threshold

"Shadow as a Threshold"

I chose project 1 "Shadow as a Threshold" from the BlackBox by Erica Kruger. In this part, she explores the point of pause, the link between the actual object and its shadow. In this experiment, I want to relate the Shadow Threshold to the spaces between each labs and the experience they go through within each spatial boundaries. Nicole Kuepper's lab is created to cater for more sun access for her solar experiments while Charles Darwin's lab is created and situated closer to nature for his experiments on different types of species. Each lab is linked by a ramp in the form of a landform. This landform acts as a threshold between the labs, to get from one point to another.

Electroliquid Aggregation

Nicole Kuepper:
"It is well known that there is a clear link between access to electricity and standards of living, as electricity enables people to (among other things) read at night, refrigerate vaccines, and become informed about the world through radios or tvs."

Charles Darwin:
" Everything is in flames-the sky with lightning-the water with luminous particles-and even the very masts are pointed with a blue flame."

Electroliquid Aggregation:
Even a clear blue sky with lightning link to luminous particles of water enables access to electricity.

Experiment 2: The Clients

STEPHEN HAWKING

" We find ourselves in a bewildering world. We want to make sense of what we see around us and to ask: What is the nature of the universe? What is our place in it and where did it we come from? Why is it the way it is?"

image souce: "Proffesor Stephen Hawking," About Stephen, http://www.hawking.org.uk/index.php/about-stephen (accessed 19 April 2010).

quote source: Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time, (New York: Bantam Books, 1988), 187.

CHARLES DARWIN
" Everything is in flames-the sky with lightning-the water with luminous particles-and even the very masts are pointed with a blue flame."
image source: "The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online," http://darwin-online.org.uk/ (accessed 19 April 2010).
quote source: Charles Darwin, "Letters on Geology: Extracts from Letters Addressed to Professor Henslow," (1835): 6.



NICOLE KUEPPER
"It is well known that there is a clear link between access to electricity and standards of living, as electricity enables people to (among other things) read at night, refrigerate vaccines, and become informed about the world through radios or tvs."
image source: School of Photovoltaic Energy and Renewable Resources, UNSW, http://www.pv.unsw.edu.au/Staff/nicolekuepper.asp (accessed 19 April 2010).
quote source: Science and Technology Education Leveraging Relevance Career Profiles, "Nicole Kuepper, PhD Research Student," Science and Technology Education Leveraging Relevance. http://www.stelr.org.au/nicole-kuepper/ (accessed 19 April 2010).

SECTIONAL ANIMATION

THE DATUM

FLYTHROUGH ANIMATION

RESOLVED CONCEPTUAL DESIGN

Image 1:

View showing the spaces above, below and on ground.

Image 2:

Aerial View of The Datum

Image 3:
I chose this view of the design as it shows the meeting point of the two stairs for each of the studios and the gallery on the ground.

DRAFT SKETCH UP MODELS

2 Images : Draft 2

2 Images : Draft 1

36 Custom Textures

My 36 Custom Textures

The Stair

Stairs for The Datum

CHOSEN CONCEPTUAL DESIGN

My Chosen Conceptual Design

This is my chosen conceptual design. I chose Piccinini's artwork and the word 'collide' to describe it and use it to represent the space above ground. For Goodwin's artwork, I chose the word 'crypt' describing it and use it to represent the space below ground. I chose a modern and dynamic design for Piccinini with the two cubes colliding with each other and then a simpler concept for Goodwin with a cylindrical shape and creating a cryptic sense as it is below ground as well.

18 SKETCH SECTIONS

The 18 Sketch Sections

THE CLIENTS

3 Project Images with an Adjective, Verb and Noun

Stairs - (Studio Below)

Stairs (Studio Above)